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Proverbs 27

RSV 1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
NIV 1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
RSV 2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
NIV 2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
RSV 3
A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
NIV 3
Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
RSV 4
Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming; but who can stand before jealousy?
NIV 4
Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
RSV 5
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
NIV 5
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
RSV 6
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
NIV 6
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
RSV 7
He who is sated loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.
NIV 7
He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
RSV 8
Like a bird that strays from its nest, is a man who strays from his home.
NIV 8
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
RSV 9
Oil and perfume make the heart glad, but the soul is torn by trouble.
NIV 9
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.
RSV 10
Your friend, and your father's friend, do not forsake; and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away.
NIV 10
Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you-- better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
RSV 11
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me.
NIV 11
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
RSV 12
A prudent man sees danger and hides himself; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
NIV 12
The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
RSV 13
Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
NIV 13
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
RSV 14
He who blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
NIV 14
If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
RSV 15
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious woman are alike;
NIV 15
A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;
RSV 16
to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in his right hand.
NIV 16
restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
RSV 17
Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.
NIV 17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
RSV 18
He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
NIV 18
He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
RSV 19
As in water face answers to face, so the mind of man reflects the man.
NIV 19
As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
RSV 20
Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.
NIV 20
Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
RSV 21
The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is judged by his praise.
NIV 21
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.
RSV 22
Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.
NIV 22
Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.
RSV 23
Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds;
NIV 23
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
RSV 24
for riches do not last for ever; and does a crown endure to all generations?
NIV 24
for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
RSV 25
When the grass is gone, and the new growth appears, and the herbage of the mountains is gathered,
NIV 25
When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
RSV 26
the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field;
NIV 26
the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
RSV 27
there will be enough goats' milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your maidens.
NIV 27
You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.

Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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New International Version

Proverbs 27

NIV 1
Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
NIV 2
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
NIV 3
Stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
NIV 4
Anger is cruel and fury overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
NIV 5
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
NIV 6
Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses.
NIV 7
He who is full loathes honey, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.
NIV 8
Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home.
NIV 9
Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of one's friend springs from his earnest counsel.
NIV 10
Do not forsake your friend and the friend of your father, and do not go to your brother's house when disaster strikes you-- better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away.
NIV 11
Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
NIV 12
The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
NIV 13
Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for a wayward woman.
NIV 14
If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
NIV 15
A quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping on a rainy day;
NIV 16
restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
NIV 17
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
NIV 18
He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
NIV 19
As water reflects a face, so a man's heart reflects the man.
NIV 20
Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are the eyes of man.
NIV 21
The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives.
NIV 22
Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.
NIV 23
Be sure you know the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds;
NIV 24
for riches do not endure forever, and a crown is not secure for all generations.
NIV 25
When the hay is removed and new growth appears and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
NIV 26
the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field.
NIV 27
You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you and your family and to nourish your servant girls.